Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report 17

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 04/18/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
04/18/2008 		Change From Previous Week
May 2008 1,926   -1,536   259   -204   17,012   -31,280  
July 2008 19,011   453   1,551   47   127,087   15,845  
October 2008 4,376   33   129   16   2,391   11  
December 2008 16,985   523   7,954   210   94,516   1,246  
March 2009 5,485   275   84   -22   8,111   419  
May 2009 2,818   68   143   0   820   246  
July 2009 6,899   120   357   -142   1,405   248  
October 2009 412   76   362   142   68   -1  
December 2009 5,226   7   192   45   3,370   399  
March 2010 1,167   0   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 124   13   10   0   0   0  
July 2010 148   0   132   0   1,331   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   7   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   106   69  
March 2011 29   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 64,754   32   11,173   92   256,274   -12,798  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional Office
at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, April 24, 2008.
04/24/2008